Ben, your lovely model's hair and eyes remind me of Judith Martin, a.k.a. Miss Manners. Is she any relation?
Ben, your lovely model's hair and eyes remind me of Judith Martin, a.k.a. Miss Manners. Is she any relation?
Thank you.
Thanks!
Yes, I wish her leg weren't cut there either, but I ran out of space and was pressed up against the opposite wall of my studio. I always wish I had another 1-2 meters.
It's sort of my take on the early 20th century's take on historical romantic/erotic imagery.
Thanks. I'm quite happy with the lighting as well.
I ate the apple.
Oh, the apple's the best part. I'm deliberately going for an over the top, cliche, early 20th century look with these. It's all along the lines of Alfred Cheney Johnston's work and the Pictorialists. Basically, photographers who were stealing ideas from painting styles--which more often than not contains obvious symbolic imagery. That image wouldn't work half as well without the apple casually held in her hand.
Exactly.
Absolutely no relation at all to Judith Martin... unless she has distant relatives hiding away in the wilds of Kentucky somewhere.
These are really good, symbolism included. I liked even better the feral series in the quarry for the storytelling and creative concept. Quarries are nice places to be photographing too.
Thanks! No LF photos from the quarry shoot though. It was too cold to deal with live models and the slow pace of using a big camera. We've plans to go back once the weather warms up.
It was a very simple setup with a roughly 5x5 ft picture window out of frame to the right. I draped a cheap white nylon shower curtain over it to turn it into a giant soft box (and also useful for privacy.) The fill light is just natural ambient from reflecting off the walls of the room's interior.
With this one, I think the lower contrast works because the light was very low and even and there's still enough side-light hitting her face that you get some separation of tones. Another factor is the softness from both the shallow depth of field and the soft-focus of the lens. Increasing the contrast would ruin the quietness imparted by the light and the softness. (An overall lighter version might still be ok.)
Ben,
She has a classic look of the late brilliant Lillian Gish. Any chance she might be a descendent?
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